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Kenya Photographic Safari
Experience the Kenyan wilderness with acclaimed wildlife photographer Graeme Purdy as your expert guide, lending his expertise and assisting you in producing a collection of truly breathtaking images.
From 10500 per personArguably Kenya at its most untamed and further removed from some of the more mainstream areas, Meru National Park was established in 1968 and is referred to as a ‘remote and rugged wilderness’.
The area is famed for its connection to the orphaned lioness Elsa, who was hand-reared here by George and Joy Adamson, who subsequently wrote the popular non-fictional book Born Free.
Despite being subject to some poaching during the 1970s and 80s, it is now popular once more. Meru is still one of the most invitingly uncrowded and unspoiled parts of the country to view wildlife.
Covering an area of 1810 square kilometres starting northeast of Mount Kenya’s foothills and spreading eastward, the park is located 370 kilometres northeast of Nairobi and straddles the equator.
The striking scenery of the park includes Commiphora and Acacia bushland, vast open plains, swampland, doum palms and belts of tropical riverine forest. The 13 rivers and network of mountain springs that feed into the Tana River are the lifeblood of the park and a terrific water source for the animals that roam its plains.
The non-resident entry fee for Meru National Park is $52 for an adult and $35 for a child. This will be included as part of your safari.
Experience the Kenyan wilderness with acclaimed wildlife photographer Graeme Purdy as your expert guide, lending his expertise and assisting you in producing a collection of truly breathtaking images.
From 10500 per personIt is best to pack as light as possible for safari; limit baggage to two items per person and always use soft bags rather than suitcases. In specific cases i.e. for internal flights, luggage may be limited to 15kg per person. Most hotels and lodges have laundry services, so an excessive amount of clothing should be unnecessary.
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Although the area is not one for ticking off the ‘Big Five’ game they are all found here, it requires a little more patience and a keen eye to locate them in the grassier and bushland areas (which our expert guides will assist with). The consensus is that big cat sightings are improving each year, including Meru’s ‘bush’ lions; leaner, scarred and lacking the bushy mane of the lions found in the Mara, with more Mohican-style tufts instead.